Evaluating situational judgment test use and diversity in admissions at a southern US medical school

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 2; p. e0280205
• Main Authors: Gustafson, Chelsea E., Johnson, Crystal J., Beck Dallaghan, Gary L., Knight, O’Rese J., Malloy, Kimberly M., Nichols, Kimberley R., Rahangdale, Lisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.02.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Admission; African Americans; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Decision making; Ethnicity; Female; Gender; Health aspects; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Institutional racism; Interviews; Judgment; Management; Medical colleges; Medical schools; Medicine and Health Sciences; Minority & ethnic groups; Native Americans; People and Places; Performance evaluation; Prevention; Race; Research and Analysis Methods; School Admission Criteria; School admissions; Schools; Schools, Medical; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Students; United States; Variance analysis; United States; United States > US; Southern states

Situational judgment tests have been adopted by medical schools to assess decision-making and ethical characteristics of applicants. These tests are hypothesized to positively affect diversity in admissions by serving as a noncognitive metric of evaluation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate...